Skirt-marker.



A. J. GWIEK.

SKIRT MARKER.

APPLICATION rum) MAR. 2a, 1914. A.

1,1 19,577. Patented 1560. 1,19114.

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SKIRT-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 23,

To all 'rc/0m it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY J. Gwinn,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of lhode Island. have invented a new and useful Improvement in Skirt-Markers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in skirt markers, and the primary object thereof is to provide a markerl which operates to mark the goods without manual interference on the part of the operator, thus leaving the hands 'of the latter free to manipulate the skirt.

. A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a device of the type set forth which can be easily and quickly adjusted so as to enable skirts which are to have varying lengths to be marked. f'

Still further, the invention aims to provide a marker which is of simple and economical construction, the parts of which are compaetly assembled, and which-are capable of easy operation. f' v In the drawings-Figure l is a perspective view of the invention, the uprights being shown only in fragment, and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of l `ig.,l.

The invention consists of a base l which seats upon any suitable support and which has a pair of spaced parallel uprights 2 secured at their lower ends thereto. The uprights 2 are divided into inches and fractions thereof, Ias depicted in Fig. l of the drawings.

Slidably mounted on one of the uprights 2 is a carrier 3 which is provided with a set screw e by means of which the carrier may be held at any position to which it is capable of adjustment along the length of the upr glit. 'lhe carrier 3 is provided with a pair of spaced horizontal arms in which a friction wheel 6 is disposed and rotatably mounted on a pin 7 which latter is secured to the arms 'lf he wheel (S has a corrugated periphery for the purpose of enabling same to easily rotate by engagement with the skirt. ik carrier S is slidably mounted on the other upright 2 and consists of a member Si which has a pair of spaced horizontal arms 10, which receive therebetween a. tracing wheel ll, or a disk of tailors chalk, which wheel or disk is rotatably mounted on a removable pin 12, which latter is headed so as to enable the fingers to easily gri-p same to allow the pin to be introduced Patented Dee. 1,1914.

1914. seriai No. 826,741.

through two registering holes 13, the holes 13 being arranged in series so as to accommodate wheels or disks of varying diameters. The member 9 is slotted at 1l to receive the 60 upright and to also receive a pair of verticalv guide or clamping plates 'l5 which latter are provided with upper and lower flanges 1G, which seat upon or engage with the upper and lower faces of the member 9, the plates being thus held against movement at right angles relative to the member 9, but still allowing the member 9 to slide at right angles relative to the plates 15.

The member 9 h's a wall or abutment 17 70 which engages with a coiled spring 18, the latter abutting the adjacent inner plate 15.

A follower 19 is slidably mounted in the outer end of the member 9 and has a setscrew 20 engaged therewith whereby ma- 75 nipulation of the set screw will cause the followerto be moved inwardly or outwardly,

as desired. A coiled spring 21 engages with the follower 19 and with the other of the plates 15.

From the above it will be apparent that the springslSAand 21 will serveto hold the plates 15' under tension and in engagement with the opposite facesof the uprights with sullicient pressure thereagainst to sustain the g5 carrier 8 in any position vto which it may be adjusted` along the length of the upright. Further, by movement of the follower 1.9 the springs can be placed under greater orI i less tension so as to obtain the desired frico0 tional engagement of the plates with .the upright.` The springs allowv the tracing wheel or chalk disk to give when encounter-- ing seams formed-in the `skirt, and also serve to place the tracing wheel or chalk disk under constant pressure so as to insure effective marking on the skirt.

ln operation, the skirt is placed between the two wheels which can be accomplished by moving the member S) against the tension of the springs which are engaged with the relatively stationary plates l5, whereupon the hands of the operator are free to guide the skirt in straight lines or otherwise between the two Wheels t0 attain mark- 105 ing thereof.

Having thus described my invention, Ii claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent;-

l. In a skirt marker, a base, a pair of 11G spaced uprights connected to the base, a. carrier slidablv mounted on one of the uD rights, a set screw4 carried by the carrier for engaging the upright, said carrier having a pair of tatably mounted between the arms, and a carrier mounted on the other upright consisting of a member having a slotted part which receives the other upright, spaced horizontal arms on the member, a tracing wheel rotatably mounted between the last named arms, a pair of vertical plates which extend through the slotted part of said -member and which engage opposite faces of the other upright, said plates having upper and lower flanges Which slidably engage the upper and lower faces of said member, coiled springs engaged with said plates, an abutment on the member to engage one of the coiled springs, a follower slidably re 'lated to the member and engaged with the other coiled spring, and a set screw engaged with the follower and with said member.

2. ln a skirt marker, a pair of uprights, a Wheel carrier adjustably'inounted on one of the uprights, a wheel borne by said carrier7 a tracing wheel carrier having a slot which receivethe other upright, a tracing wheel borne by said last named carrier, and means for mounting the second named carrier whereby the wheel thereof is held in yielding engagement with the first named wheel and the carrier is also adjustably held on the upright- 3. In a shirt marker, a pair of upriglits, a wheel carrier adjustably mounted on one of the uprights, a wheel rier, a member having a tracing wheel, said member being slotted to receive the other upright, guides engaged With opposite faces of the other upright and slidably engaged with the member, and springs borne by the member and engaged with the guides to cause the tracing wheel t0 yieldingly engage the first named wheel.

4. In a skirt marker, a pair of uprights, a wheel carrier adjustably mounted on one of the uprights, a wheel borne by said carrier, a member having a tracing wheel and being slotted toMre'ceive the other upright, and spring pressed means borne by said member and engaged with the upright to hold the tracing wheel of said member in yielding engagement with the first named Wheel and to also hold same in adjusted position on the said other upright.

5. In a skirt marker, a pair of uprights, a Wheel carrier adjustably mounted on one of the uprights, a wheel borne by said carspaced horizontal arms, a Wheel ro-' orne by said can' rier, a member slotted to receive the other upright, to enable said member to move' transversely of said other upright, a tracing Wheel borne/by said member, and combined spring tensioned means to hold the wheel said member under tension in engage t with the Wheel of the Wheel carrier and to also hold the member in adjusted position on the other upright.

6. In a skirt marker, apair of uprights, a carrier, a Wheel borne thereby, said carrier being' slotted to receive one of the uprights, a pair of vertical slidable plates extending through the slot of the carrier and eng Y with opposite faces of the upright, plates having upper and lower flanges which. engage the top and bottom faces of the en rier respectively to restrict longiti movement of the plates relative to tb rier, a spring engaged with each plate, one of said springs being engaged with said, carrier, means to engage and enable regulation of the tension of the other of said springs, :ind movable means on the other upright to cooperate with the wheel to enable the latter to mark the material.

7. In a skirt marker, a pair of uprights, a carrier, a Wheel borne thereby, said carrier 85 being slotted to receive one of the nprights, a pair of spring pressed elements slidabv connected to the carrier and frictio engaged with opposite faces of the 'apri to hold the carrier' stationary in any tion to which saine may be moved an thelength of the upright, and means i' the other upright to coperate with the wheel to enable the latter to mark the ma* terial. 8. In'a skirt marker, a pair of nprights,

a carrier adjustable along the length of r ie of the uprights, a marker carried by the carrier, means on the other upright to 'ed operate with the carrier to enable the n. M10

to mark the skirt, and combined ni both resiliently support the marker,

the latter may move toward and rci the first named means; and te hol rier stationary on,f its upright ii fina tion on. the latter 'to "which the cerj be adjusted. A lngtestimony/,whereof l have name to this specification in the p. two subscribing witnesses. ANTHONY J, Witnesses". g f

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